In the spring season, the inaugural meeting of the ninth editorial committee of Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine was successfully held in Beijing on the afternoon of March 24, 2018. More than 100 experts, including Jiang Yongmao, president of Chinese Medical Association Magazine, Professor Shang Hong, editor-in-chief of the 8th editorial committee, Professor Pan Baishen, editor-in-chief of the 9th editorial committee, deputy editor-in-chief, editorial board and correspondence editorial board, and all members of the editorial department of Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine attended the meeting.